Essays on the History and Politics of the Internet
Cyberpolitics
1st Edition
Published on 21. May 2024
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Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-0364-0673-8 (ISBN)
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This is a book about the politics and history of the Internet. The Internet has been in existence for over fifty years. The way we live our lives has changed considerably because of this new medium. As the Internet has become increasingly popular, it has been drawn into age-old struggles over censorship and freedom of expression. It has played an increasing role in commerce, and controversies have erupted over privacy, security, consumer rights, intellectual property rights, taxation, and other matters. With the rise of Internet-connected smartphones, the Internet has become part of daily life for billions of people.
One major theme explored in this book is the contrast between the dream and the reality of the Internet. Many of the creators of the Internet shared a vision of building a system that would empower individuals anywhere in the world to share their knowledge and creativity. This profoundly democratic dream came out of an age in which many pre-existing power structures were being questioned. This book argues that the Internet has actually resulted in the creation of new centers of power and influence, many of which are anti-democratic.
One major theme explored in this book is the contrast between the dream and the reality of the Internet. Many of the creators of the Internet shared a vision of building a system that would empower individuals anywhere in the world to share their knowledge and creativity. This profoundly democratic dream came out of an age in which many pre-existing power structures were being questioned. This book argues that the Internet has actually resulted in the creation of new centers of power and influence, many of which are anti-democratic.
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Jeffrey A. Hart is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, USA. He co-authored three editions of a textbook on international political economy with Joan Edelman Spero, The Politics of International Economic Relations. Since 1980, the majority of his research has been on the politics of international competitiveness in advanced industrial nations. His best-known work on that subject is Rival Capitalists: International Competitiveness in the United States, Japan, and Europe (1992). He collaborated with Stefanie Ann Lenway and Thomas P. Murtha on a book about the world flat panel display industry, Managing New Industry Creation (2001). That research was supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. In 2004, he published a book on the politics of high-definition television (HDTV), and he collaborated with Aseem Prakash on three edited volumes about globalization.